Banks will tell you it’s more than just those core players. It’s everyone on the roster. He can easily point to any player and explain how without their contributions, Canyon Springs wouldn’t be ...
If the Pioneers were going to beat two-time defending Sunrise champion Coronado, they’d have to do so in transition. That’s why coach Freddie Banks had his team train on the school’s track in preseason for conditioning, and why ...
Canyon Springs High basketball coach Freddie Banks has noticed the difference. He’s knows something is missing. In preparing the Pioneers for the season, Banks has been without ...
The high school basketball game wasn’t scheduled to start for a few hours, and the doors to the gym at the old Las Vegas High School in downtown were closed. But fans were lining up to watch local legend Freddie “Machine Gun” Thompson ...
The Palo Verde High basketball team’s summer practices usually included mention of the Panthers’ goal of winning a state championship in the upcoming season. While that goal seemed unrealistic ...
The Canyon Springs High team trailed by seven points less than 30 seconds into today’s Sunrise Regional semifinals against Las Vegas. Canyon Springs coach Freddie Banks quickly called ...
The Canyon Springs High basketball team graduated nearly all of its key contributors from last year’s Sunrise Region championship squad. Yet, coach Freddie Banks ...
On the Las Vegas Prospects' first possession Thursday in the Fab 48 at Bishop Gorman, point guard Jordan Davis wasted no time in making a statement. He aggressively took the ball to the basket for a contested lay-in, confirming he’d be the best ...
Canyon Springs can take comfort in keeping the state championship game close early. But in the end, the Gorman juggernaut taught the Pioneers a brutal truth: size matters.